The Gastrointestinal Immune
System and Eczema

Many people today suffer with eczema and for those that do know first hand that it can be a very irritating, itchy situation. 

While there are many treatments out there for people to use to help relieve outbreaks and symptoms, there are other things you can do to help minimize the itchy condition. 

Many people suffer with eczema, but many of those people are not aware what role their gastrointestinal immune system has in the situation. 

The gastrointestinal tract has an important job to do as it has to keep a balance of the natural flora in the stomach and intestines or it can be disastrous and wreak havoc with many immune related disorders such as eczema.  When people have problems with their Gastrointestinal immune system, a person with eczema may start to have flare ups with their eczema.  Many people have heard of the “leaky gut” which is a defective intestinal permeability that plays a big part.

Think of it, if you will, as our eyes being the portal to which we see our body’s inner health.  Our gut then is the door through which a disease can start its access to your body. So needless to say, there are many things that play a role in the situation pertaining to your lifestyle. Eating certain foods and taking certain medications can be harmful to the lining of your stomach.

One of the first things your doctor needs to treat when eczema comes around is the gastrointestinal lining.  Indigenous gastrointestinal microbes have been shown to have a substantial effect on the stomach or gut-associated immune system.   It is important to restore the intestinal permeability, improve the immunological stomach barrier function; repair non-balanced gut micro ecology, and regulate down the amount of intestinal inflammation.  This can be the main focus of the treatment for eczema.

The best way to treat eczema is to find the underlying cause which can stem from the GI tract.  There are more and more treatments that are being used today from herbal supplements or probiotics.  Probiotics plays an important part and is known as the “good antibiotics” in which it puts back into the body what it lost.  

As with any medical condition, you need to check with your doctor before starting any type of treatment on your own.  You want to be sure to get the right treatment for your condition because what works well for one person doesn’t mean that it will work well for you.  Get your own treatment plan figured out with your family doctor and get started on your way to an itch free life.